Neon, winner of 6 straight Palmes d'Or, comes into the Cannes Film Festival an unlikely heavyweight - AP News

Neon, winner of 6 straight Palmes d'Or, comes into the Cannes Film Festival an unlikely heavyweight  AP News

‘Extremely cruel and tragic’: Iranian director Asghar Farhadi speaks out against state violence and the war

The film-maker, who won the Grand Prix for A Hero in 2021, condemned both the killing of protestors and the conflict’s bombing campaigns during a Cannes press conference Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has described the deaths of civilians in Iran as “extremely cruel and tragic” during a press conference at the Cannes film festival. Farhadi, whose new Paris-set drama Parallel Tales premiered on the Croisette on Thursday night, was asked about working free from censorship in Fran...

By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Cannes Film Festival 2026: a different carpet roll-out

How big events shape the uprising and how the uprising shapes the big events.

Disco curls are back on the red carpet — this time, no perms - The Times

Disco curls are back on the red carpet — this time, no perms  The Times

Cannes: Iranian director Farhadi condemns both US-Israeli attacks, crackdown on protesters

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on Friday condemned both the civilian deaths caused by Israeli and US air strikes in Iran and the “massacring” of protesters by the Islamic Republic. The Oscar-winning director was premiering his latest film "Parallel Tales" at the Cannes Film Festival.

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At Cannes, filmmakers shift towards cautious acceptance of AI's inevitability

Canex Creations Boss Talks Global Ambitions for African Film as Neon Drops First Look for Buzzy Cannes Premiere ‘Clarissa’ (EXCLUSIVE)

CANEX Creations CEO Osahon Akpata has outlined his strategic vision for how the pan-African institution can boost the profile of the continent’s filmmakers, while Neon has released a first-look image for the CANEX-backed “Clarissa,” the buzzy, Lagos-set adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” that premieres May 16 in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar. Directed by Arie […]

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China Lands in Cannes With Robots, AI Films and a Very Clear Message

From a gala evening of cutting-edge technology to the fifth year of its film pavilion, China is using the Croisette to announce itself as cinema's next great creative and technological force.

By Mathew Scott

‘Species’ Review: There Will Definitely Be Blood In Marion Le Corroller’s Visceral But Imaginatively Fleshed Out Body Horror – Cannes Film Festival

Blood is only the beginning in Marion Le Corroller’s Species, which follows firmly in the trail pioneered by Julia DuCorneau but brings its own thoughts to the woman-in-a-man’s-world body-horror genre. Built around a fantastic scream-queen performance from Mara Taquin, who literally comes out of her shell in ways that will not be revealed here, Le […]

By Damon Wise

France has 'responsibility' to break glass ceiling for women in film

Only five directors out of 22 at this year's Cannes Film Festival are women – two less than in 2025. Campaigners who want to see the film industry become more inclusive say the numbers reflect a broader gender gap in French cinema.

By Ollia Horton

Actor Hannah Einbinder highlights Palestinian advocacy at Cannes

U.S. actor Hannah Einbinder said at the Cannes Film Festival that speaking out for Palestinians is more important than the risk of losing her career, emphasizing that she would not...

Parallel Tales Review: Asghar Farhadi's Latest Is Disappointingly Empty [Cannes]

Though its stellar cast find ways to entertain, this film comes in well below the potential of uniting Asghar Farhadi and Isabelle Huppert.

By Patrice Witherspoon